Sporting Gun UK – May 2019

16 SPORTING GUN M AY 2019 http://www.shootinguk.co.uk

SYKES

MEDIA

In the field

PeterTheobaldtacklestowniepillagerspg 20

JonSnowdonassessesriskandtickspg 24

OutinAfricawithCharlesSmith-Jonespg 28

And Tony Bracci fl ies in Argentinapg 32

The stock cover and Easyhit bead

I

havelongcontemplatedbuyinga

silencedshotgunforvermin.Being

abletoshootwithoutdisturbingthe

countrysidewithechoingboomsevery

timeI pullthetrigger,wouldnotonlybe

morepeacefulfornearbyresidentsbut

alsopreventalertingapproachingbirds.

However,I havewonderedif it wouldmake

a substantialenoughnoisereductiontoa

12-borewithouttheuseofsubsonicshells.

SometimeagoI hada fantasticday

pigeonshootingwithmygoodfriendAlan

Wood.WeshothistwoBerettasemi-autos

withHushpowerbarrels.Thisallowedmeto

gainexperienceofthesetypesofmoderators

andgeta feelastowhethertheywouldbe

worththeinvestment.I wasamazedatthe

differencetheymade,especiallyaswewere

shooting a combination of 28g and 32g

To mSy ke shasa moderator ttedtohispumpaction,sohecanbequietly

effective in taking the fight to the crows over spring and summer

Silence

is golden

standardpigeonloads.Thenoisereduction

wasnoticeablecomparedwitha standard

shotgun.I shotwellwiththegunafter

quicklybecomingaccustomedtothebalance

andsightpictureoftheHushpower.Pigeon

shootingwithAlanwastheperfectsituation

togettogripswiththeHushpowerasthere

wasanabundanceofpigeonsandthetwo

Berettashandledreallywell,despitethe

addedweightofthemoderator.(Forthose

ofyouinterestedinseeinghowAlanand

I performedonthatandotherdays,there

isa videoonourYouTubechannel, http://www.

youtube.com/sykesmedia)

Justthejob

AftershootingwithAlan’sBerettas,I was

persuadedthatI neededtoinvestina

Hushpower. I considered my options on how

Tomteststhegunon

claystogetafeelfor

the modifications